Claude Payton

Claude Payton
Claude Payton
	Lobby card from Dice of Destiny (1920) with Payton at left
Born	March 20, 1882; Centerville, Iowa, U.S.
Died	March 1, 1955 (aged 72); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Claude Duval Payton (March 20, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa – March 1, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor.

Career

Claude Duval Payton was a tall, bearded supporting actor in many silent films and other films. He toured exclusively with a stock company headed by his 1st cousin, Corse Payton. By 1914, Claude was working at the Thanhouser film producing company in New Rochelle, New York, where he mainly played the roles of villains or lawmen in Western films. Although Claude Payton survived the transition from silent movies to films with sound, in 1935 he was mainly in minor supporting roles in films. Claude retired from the filmmaking business in the mid-1940s.

Filmography

Jean of the Wilderness (1914)
The Master Hand (1914)
A Woman There Was (1919) .... High Priest
The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) .... Prince Maniloff
If I Were King (1920) .... Montigney
The Soul of Youth (1920) .... Pete Moran
Dice of Destiny (1920) .... James Tierney
When We Were 21 (1921) .... Dave
A Knight of the West (1921) (as Claude Peyton) .... Ralph Barton
The Song of Life (1922) .... Central Office Man
The Masked Avenger (1922) .... Bruno Douglas
Desert's Crucible (1922) .... Tex Fuller
The Men of Zanzibar (1922) (as Claude Peyton) .... George Sheyer
Trooper O'Neil (1922) .... Black Flood
Do and Dare (1922) (as Claude Peyton) .... Córdoba
Bells of San Juan (1922) .... Jim Garson
Catch My Smoke (1922) (as Claude Peyton) .... Tex Lynch
The Devil's Dooryard (1923) .... Fred Bradley
The Law Rustlers (1923) .... Doc Jordan
Desert Rider (1923) (as Claude Peyton) .... Rufe Kinkaid
Skid Proof (1923) (as Claude Peyton) .... Masters
The Man from Wyoming (1924) .... Jack Halloway
The Back Trail (1924) .... Gentleman Harry King
The Desert Outlaw (1924) .... Black Loomis
Daring Chances (1924) .... Sampson Burke
The Riddle Rider (1924)
Gold and the Girl (1925) (as Claude Peyton) .... Rankin
The Texas Trail (1925) .... Dan Merrill
Ben-Hur (1925) (uncredited) .... Jesus
The Cohens and Kellys (1926) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
The Yellow Back (1926) .... Bruce Condon
The Western Whirlwind (1927) .... Jeff Taylor
Set Free (1927) .... Buck Tanner
The Crowd (1928) (uncredited)
The Gate Crasher (1928) .... Zanfield (stage manager)
Dodging Danger (1929)
Say It with Songs (1929) .... Judge
The Great Divide (1929) (uncredited)
The Ridin' Streak (1929) .... Sheriff
The Black Ghost (1932) .... Col. Haliday
The Last Frontier (1932) .... Colonel Halliday
Tex Takes a Holiday (1932)
Zoo in Budapest (1933) (uncredited) .... Captain of Police
Fargo Express (1933) .... Goss partner #1
The Son of Kong (1933) (uncredited) .... Sailor / Suspenders Peddler
Thunder Over Texas (1934) .... Bruce Laird
Jealousy (1934) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
The Mighty Barnum (1934) (uncredited) .... Spieler
Les Misérables (1935) (uncredited) .... Gendarme at Bishop's Home
After the Dance (1935) (uncredited) .... Guard
The Public Menace (1935) (uncredited) .... Detective
Barbary Coast (1935) (uncredited) .... Passenger
A Night at the Opera (1935) (uncredited) .... Police Captain
One-Way Ticket (1935) (uncredited) .... Detective
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) (uncredited) .... Caretaker
Anthony Adverse (1936) (uncredited) .... Announcer of guests at ball
San Quentin (1937) (uncredited) .... Cop
Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938) (uncredited) .... Deputy
Broadway Musketeers (1938) (uncredited) .... Policeman at Murder Scene
The Spider's Web (1938) (uncredited) .... Henchman Radarez [Ch. 11]
Eternally Yours (1939) (uncredited) .... Scotland Yard Man
Tower of London (1939) (uncredited) .... Councilman

External links

Claude Payton at IMDb